Social Skills « Helping Special Needs Children

08 May 2017

A Strategy to Help Kids on the Autism Spectrum Answer Questions and Curb Echolalia

Tags: Autism, Down Syndrome, Grandparents of Special Needs Children, instructional assistant, Para-Professional, SLP, Social Skills, Special education, Special Needs, Speech Language Pathologist
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Today’s strategies are going to seem very simple to you, but I’m here to say that they work well and they work quickly! What am I talking about? I’m talking about using visual supports to relieve stress and anxiety for both the students and the teachers when the teachers ask questions and the students need to respond. Take a look! We still have a few weeks of school left, so […]

02 Apr 2017

One More Set of DIY Ideas Before the End of the School Year!

Tags: Autism, Carla Butorac, Children with Autism, Children With Special Needs, Down Syndrome, Grandparents of Special Needs Children, instructional assistant, Para-Professional, SLP, Special education, Special Needs
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You know I love ideas that make it possible for teachers to have materials even if there is little or no budget for that kind of thing. I snagged three more ideas that you could easily make for your classroom that were once again done by our crafty IA, Sherry. Take a look! I would LOVE to hear about your DIY projects/pictures too! Please send them in and I can […]

06 Mar 2017

A Social Skills App that Allows Students to Play This Famous Game!

Tags: Autism, Carla Butorac, Children with Autism, Children With Special Needs, Down Syndrome, Grandparents of Special Needs Children, instructional assistant, Para-Professional, SLP, Social Skills, Special education, Special Needs, Speech Language Pathologist
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Who doesn’t enjoy playing a game? When you can make learning fun and turn something difficult into something that involves scoring points, you just might get your students’ attention. Our SLPA shared this gem at a recent day of Professional Development for our SLP team. If you like the game of Jeopardy, you will enjoy this app! This app can be another tool in your toolbox for social skills activities! […]

02 Jan 2017

Have You Seen the FriendMaker app for Teens?

Tags: APPS, Autism, Carla Butorac, Down Syndrome, instructional assistant, Para-Professional, SLP, Social Skills, Special education, Special Needs, Speech Language Pathologist
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Happy New Year! It’s great to be back with a whole new series of videos and new products for 2017!!! I hope you and your family had a wonderful and restful break. Jerry and I hosted family and friends for the past two weeks and it was both wonderful and inspiring! To start the new year, I thought you might enjoy a video of something that is always on our […]

12 Jul 2016

Do You Know About The Science of Making Friends?

Tags: Autism, Behavior, Carla Butorac, Children with Autism, Children With Special Needs, Down Syndrome, Grandparents of Special Needs Children, instructional assistant, Making Friends, Paraprofessional, Parents, Social Skills, Special education, Special Needs, Speech Language Pathologist
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Parents need something to DO when it comes to social skills for their kids who have social deficits. They know they need to do something, they just don’t sometimes know exactly how they can help. Often parents become somewhat accepting of the social deficits of their children because it has become the norm of how their child communicates. For this reason it is a good reminder that what is acceptable […]

02 Jul 2016

Are You Looking for Age Appropriate Chewie Options for Older Students with Special Needs?

Tags: Autism, Carla Butorac, Chewigem, chewing, Down Syndrome, Grandparents of Special Needs Children, instructional assistant, Para-Professional, Parents, SLP, Social Skills, Special education, Special Needs, Speech Language Pathologist
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We all know that student in middle school or high school that still needs something to meet the need for oral stimulation. Unfortunately, chewing on something is often perceived as an immature behavior if the thing that is being chewed is something that is not socially acceptable, like clothing. I have several parents who go through clothing at a much faster rate than usual because their child stretches, puts holes […]

05 Jun 2016

Finally A Social Skills Curriculum for Teens!!!!

Tags: Autism, Carla Butorac, Children with Autism, Children With Special Needs, Down Syndrome, Grandparents of Special Needs Children, SLP, Social Skills, Special education, Special Needs, Speech Language Pathologist
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I don’t know about you, but I have been on the hunt for social skills materials that would be appropriate for students at the secondary level for years. I was not able to find this rare bird, which is exactly why I put together a social skills product called Say What? I’m hoping to have this material to offer in the near future, but until then I wanted you to […]

09 Apr 2016

More FREE Visuals for Writing Sentences, Yoga, Behavior and MORE!

Tags: Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Carla Butorac, Down Syndrome, Free Visual Supports, Grandparents of Special Needs Children, instructional assistant, Special education, Special Needs, Visual Supports
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Last week I showed you some really nice visuals for older students and this week I wanted to show you some awesome visuals for younger students. They are both from the same website and are often updated with NEW FREE visuals! Take a look! This week I was consulting with my daughter, Sarah’s architect and design firm on a sensory room for a Chicago high school. Her company has been […]

02 Apr 2016

Some FREE Visual Supports for Older Students with Special Needs!

Tags: Autism, Autism Instructional Strategies, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Carla Butorac, Children with Autism, Children With Special Needs, Down Syndrome, SLP, Social Skills, Special education, Special Needs, Visual Supports
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If you are like me, it’s a rare thing to come across materials, apps, visuals for older students. It can be frustrating because then you are forced to come up with your own stuff, modify things you find for general education or resort to using pictures that look babyish….which by the way, I HATE. In the visuals you are about to see, I would even change the personal space pictures […]

08 Feb 2016

Do You Know the Ten Questions to Ask to Get an ACE Trauma Score?

Tags: ACE, Adverse Childhood Experience, Autism, Autism Instructional Strategies, Carla Butorac, Down Syndrome, Hilt Kettles, instructional assistant, Kate McClain, Mark Rains, Resilience Questionnaire
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Since right before Winter Break, my school has been taking a new approach with our students who have behavior issues. One of the things we’ve begun to consider is how trauma is possibly affecting the behaviors we’re seeing. Our behavior specialist has offered us some key insights into the affects of trauma. She introduced our staff to the ACE questionnaire. You will hear all about that in today’s video! Take […]

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